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Masood Ghorbani (مسعود قربانی)

2×2 · top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016GHOR02

Masood Ghorbani (مسعود قربانی) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.92, set at Icy Summer 2018, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Iran. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 104 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.71 in July 2016 to 1.92, an 82% improvement. Masood has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.92
signature single · Icy Summer 2018
104
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
2×21.923.41
top 4.2%20 / 856
3×311.2014.53
top 11.1%158 / 1,569
Pyraminx6.318.85
top 22.3%93 / 500
4×456.521:11.42
top 32.5%92 / 295
3×3 one-handed32.8942.63
top 53.1%188 / 298

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Iran Nationals 2016: 10.71Iran Open 2017: 7.40Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 4.18Icy Summer 2018: 1.92Alborz Green Cup 2019: 4.551.9210.7122 Jul 20167 Mar 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.